The 10-cent toll begins Monday on the Sakonnet River Bridge
Protesters will "occupy" the Sakonnet River Bridge bike path in protest of a 10-cent toll this Sunday.
The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority might return ownership of the Sakonnet River Bridge to the state.
Hundreds crowded the field beside the Quinta-Gamelin facility at Colt State Park. The building, now officially under Bristol's ownership, will be renovated into a community center at a cost of $1 million.
The DOD will pass the keys of the Quinta-Gamelin facility to Bristol town officials during an official transfer ceremony on Tuesday at noon.
East Bay residents say they will leave their E-ZPass transponders at home when bridge tolls start in two weeks.
Get your E-ZPass ready. Tolls begin on Aug. 19.
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Thursday marks the official beginning of same-sex marriage in Rhode Island.
Gov. Lincoln Chafee got his hands dirty last week as he pitched in on chores at the Choggshall Farm 40th anniversary celebration.
The local public housing agency is looking for eligible seniors in the East Bay.
Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee recently vetoed a bill that would have created a new registration plate.
Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit the state Aug. 22 to honor Nuala Pell, wife of the former senator.
The bill aims to help stores near Connecticut border compete with new hours there.
A Bristol senator will serve on the committee to replace money lost by the delay on Sakonnnet Rover Bridge tolling.
David Darlington, chairman of the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority, says the state will lose $13.5 million over nine months as a direct result of the toll delay.
New surcharges for licenses and registrations went into effect on July 1.
Fiscal Year 2014 budget signed into law during final week of RI General Assembly session for 2013.
Drivers cited for the primary offense will be charged $40 instead of the prior $85.
The General Assembly recently passed an increase in the minimum wage, effective Jan. 1, 2014.
The $8.2 billion budget proposal for fiscal 2014 now heads to the state Senate.
By a 5-4 vote, justices on June 26 ruled the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional.
House Democrats will vote an an article to the state budget sometime in the next week that could defer toll collection pending the results of a six-month study on alternative options to raising infrastructure supporting revenue.
The House Finance Committee sent its 2013-14 budget recommendations without alternatives to bridge tolls.
Here are the highlights from news and events that took place in the General Assembly this week. For more information on any of these items visit http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/News/.
Another 2.5 inches could fall on the area tonight through Tuesday afternoon.
A bill introduced on Wednesday night in the House and Senate would create an a dedicated funding source to pay for large bridges statewide.
Beginning on June 25, the state will discount the cost of its E-ZPass transponders from its usual price of $20.95 to just $10. Buy them at Bristol Town Hall or RWU.
Areas around Bristol and Warren could get three inches or more of rain as Andrea makes its way into Rhode Island Friday.
The House passed a bill on Tuesday sponsored by Bristol-Warren Rep. Kenneth Marshall that will create a business development center to promote small business growth.
The town of Portsmouth issued a "stop-work" order on the new Sakonnet River Bridge on Friday.
Beginning June 3, advocacy services for domestic violence — including those provided by Women's Recource Center of Newport and Bristol Counties — will be closed on Mondays.